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January, 17 2018 (Reuters) MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The leftist front-runner for Mexico’s presidency has retained his lead ahead of this year’s election while the ruling party hopeful failed to gain traction during the festive season and slipped back slightly, a poll showed on Wednesday. Former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the [...]

January, 17 2018 (CNN) San Salvador, El Salvador (CNN)It’s not every church service that includes homilies about Pablo Escobar and Al Capone. But at a church in El Salvador, the message of sin and redemption is tailored to a different kind of parishioner: reformed members of the notorious gangs in the Central American nation. “Did [...]

January, 15 2018 (CNN) Oscar Perez, a Venezuelan police pilot accused of stealing a helicopter and using it to attack the country’s Supreme Court in June, was killed Monday in Caracas, a government official told CNN. The high-ranking member of the Venezuelan government asked to remain anonymous. CNN has not been able to independently confirm [...]

January, 17 2018 (Colombia reports) The former CEO of Colombia’s largest oil refinery is suspected of embezzling more money than the profits of all the country’s narcos combined. A judge sent him home for not having a criminal record. The prime suspect in the Reficar corruption scandal, Reyes Reynoso, was allowed to await his trial [...]

January, 13 2018 (Reuters) MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A journalist was killed on Saturday in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, adding to a wave of violence in one of the world’s most dangerous countries for media workers. Carlos Dominguez was murdered Saturday afternoon in the city of Nuevo Laredo, state officials said in a [...]

January, 17 2018 (Reuters) BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Seven senior Venezuelan officials are likely to face European Union sanctions from next week, including the country’s powerful chief justice, diplomats said, as the EU seeks to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to resolve a political crisis. The travel bans and asset freezes, which EU ambassadors are set to [...]

January, 17 2018 (Reuters) MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The leftist front-runner for Mexico’s presidency has retained his lead ahead of this year’s election while the ruling party hopeful failed to gain traction during the festive season and slipped back slightly, a poll showed on Wednesday. Former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the [...]

January, 15 2018 (CNN) Oscar Perez, a Venezuelan police pilot accused of stealing a helicopter and using it to attack the country's Supreme Court in June, was killed Monday in Caracas, a government official told CNN. The high-ranking member of the Venezuelan government asked to remain anonymous. CNN has not been able to independently confirm [...]

January, 17 2018 (CNN) San Salvador, El Salvador (CNN)It's not every church service that includes homilies about Pablo Escobar and Al Capone. But at a church in El Salvador, the message of sin and redemption is tailored to a different kind of parishioner: reformed members of the notorious gangs in the Central American nation. "Did [...]

January, 9 2018 (Panampost) The Comptroller General of Ecuador has opened an investigation into the internal and external debt contracted by the government under former President Rafael Correa, which amounts to US $42 billion. Officials will audit the debt accumulated between January 1, 2012 and May 24, 2017. Comptroller General Pablo Celi said the results [...]

January, 10 2018 (Panampost) Controversy continues in Peru following the pardon issued by President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to former President Alberto Fujimori, who was charged with crimes against humanity in 2001. The opposition party Nuevo Perú has since presented a constitutional accusation against Prime Minister Mercedes Aráoz. The leftist caucus said that both Aráoz and [...]

January, 9 2018 (Panampost) Criticism of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet continues following a recent trip to Cuba to meet with Cuban dictator Raúl Castro. Bachelet’s visit to Cuba, which ended on Monday, January 8, caused public outcry from both sides of the aisle due to the seeming pointlessness of the trip. Some demanded that she [...]